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Highland Library seeks to expand November 17, 2017, 3:06 pmOn September 5, Library Board Chairman Roger Dixon told the city council the library has experienced tremendous growth over the past few years and has maxed out its current space. Library Director Janae Wahnschaffe outlined changes made to the library over the past two years to make it more efficient. Those changes have received tremendous community support, but now the library needs more quiet space, study areas, programs and library-sponsored events, sensory play, educational space and community connections, she told the council. Those needs could be addressed if the council allowed the library to utilize City Hall's multipurpose room, which they had researched and found was unused more than half of the time, Wahnschaffe said. She presented a list of possible alternative rooms at City Hall where community events occasionally held in the multipurpose room could be moved to. She said they could also close the library early on certain days to accommodate meetings in the multipurpose room, if needed. Wahnschaffe also presented a proposed floor plan. In addition to more shelving, other possible changes being considered were replacing the room's solid doors with glass doors and installing a window between the room and the main library. Wahnschaffe said if the expansion was approved, they would have room for all the existing children's collection with room for more growth. This would also free up space in the main part of the library to expand other sections, she said. Dixon told the council all costs associated with this plan, if approved, would be covered by the Highland Library Foundation. The council was expected to make a decision on the proposal at its October 17 meeting (after press deadline). The community news source for Eagle Mountain Utah, Saratoga Springs Utah, Lehi Utah, American Fork Utah, Highland Utah, Alpine Utah, and The Cedar Valley, including Cedar Fort Utah and Fairfield Utah. Copyright 2024 The Crossroads Journal LLC. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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